Cubs Game 5 Notes For Thursday @ Los Angeles

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Cubs Game 5 Notes For Thursday @ Los Angeles

* The Cubs knotted the series at two games apiece with yesterday’s 10-2 win in Game 4. It was their fourth time scoring double-digit runs in a postseason game all-time, and first since Game 2 of the 2003 NLCS against Florida (a 12-3 win). Chicago ended a club postseason record 21-inning scoreless streak with four runs in the fourth inning.

* In best-of-7 postseason series all-time that have been tied 2-2, the team winning Game 5 has gone on to win the series 70.2 percent of the time (40 of 57). The Dodgers have a 4-6 series record in best-of-7 series that were tied 2-2, while the Cubs have lost their only two previous such series (the 1906 and 1945 World Series).

* The Dodgers have allowed 7.8 runs per game with a 7.94 team ERA in their four losses this postseason, compared to 2.2 runs per game and a 2.20 ERA in their five wins.

* Over his last four starts – including two in the postseason – Kenta Maeda is 0-3 with a 9.88 ERA (15/13.2), allowing a .344 opponent batting average. He hasn’t pitched 5.0 innings in any of those four outings. Maeda started and lost Game 1 of this series (4.0 IP, 4 H, 3 R), his only career start against the Cubs.

* Anthony Rizzo had been 2-for-26 (.077) with no RBI this postseason entering Game 4 before going 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBI Wednesday night. Similarly, Addison Russell was 1-for-24 (.042) with no RBI entering Wednesday’s game and went 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBI.

* Jon Lester got a no-decision in the Cubs’ 8-4 win in Game 1 of this series, allowing one run in 6.0 innings. Among the 21 pitchers all-time with at least 15 career starts in the postseason, Lester’s 2.57 career postseason ERA is second best (Curt Schilling, 2.23).